World Vision Kenya Assistant Finance Director NGO Jobs

Position location to be determined by home country of successful candidate within the East Africa Region where WVI is registered to operate.

Provide effective and efficient support to the Regional Finance Director (RFD) in ensuring standards of excellence through financial management, accountability and integrity in the region.

Duties for the Assistant Finance Director Job

Review monthly funding requests from National/Regional Offices and ensure that they are in compliance with their committed budget.

Assist the Regional Finance Director (RFD) to ensure National/Regional Offices are monitoring their spending against budget commitments to assure that spending occurs only where there are commitments and to minimize year-end overspending.

Assist the RFD in the region’s financial planning and budgeting process.

Ensure appropriate financial and monitoring frameworks are in place, and operating satisfactorily, in each National/Regional Office to support WV’s ministry in the region. Involves assisting National Offices designing and improving internal control systems and project accounting systems.

Oversee and evaluate the region’s financial performance and efficiency through the quarterly financial scorecard issued by the FRSC.

Assume the role of SunSystem/Vision/LEAP point person for the region, which includes the co- ordination of SunSystems & LEAP Point Persons for the region, co-ordination of trainings, and defining a strategy.

Perform special projects for the RFD as necessary. This could include researching key finance ratios to set benchmarks; developing training material for use by National Office/Regional Office (NO/RO) finance staff (e.g. CD- ROMS, PowerPoint presentations); identifying alternative options for cost-cutting; researching cost allocation methods within the region; investigate problem areas in RO/NOs; compiling socio-economic data to assist with a model for the effective allocation of resources, etc.

Act on behalf of the RFD during their absence.

Attend and participate in devotional meetings.

Assistant Finance Director Job Requirements

Degree in Finance, Business Admin, or Accounting. Bachelor or equivalent preferred.

High level computer literacy and knowledge of spreadsheet applications.